% (2004 est.)
Pitcairn Islands
NA
Poland
19.5% (2004 est.)
Portugal
6.5% (2004 est.)
Puerto Rico
12% (2002)
Qatar
2.7% (2001)
Reunion
36% (1999 est.)
Romania
6.3% (2004 est.)
Russia
8.3% plus considerable underemployment (2004 est.)
Rwanda
NA
Saint Helena
14% (1998 est.)
Saint Kitts and Nevis
4.5% (1997)
Saint Lucia
20% (2003 est.)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
9.8% (1997)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
15% (2001 est.)
Samoa
NA; note - substantial underemployment
San Marino
2.6% (2001)
Sao Tome and Principe
NA
Saudi Arabia
25% (unofficial estimate) (2004 est.)
Senegal
48% (urban youth 40%) (2001 est.)
Serbia and Montenegro
30%
note: unemployment is approximately 50% in Kosovo (2004 est.)
Seychelles
NA
Sierra Leone
NA
Singapore
3.4% (2004 est.)
Slovakia
13.1% (31 December 2004 est.)
Slovenia
6.4% (2004 est.)
Solomon Islands
NA%
Somalia
NA
South Africa
26.2% (2004 est.)
Spain
10.4% (2004 est.)
Sri Lanka
7.8% (2004 est.)
Sudan
18.7% (2002 est.)
Suriname
17% (2000)
Swaziland
34% (2000 est.)
Sweden
5.6% (2004 est.)
Switzerland
3.4% (2004 est.)
Syria
20% (2002 est.)
Taiwan
4.5% (2004 est.)
Tajikistan
40% (2002 est.)
Tanzania
NA
Thailand
1.5% (November 2004 est.)
Togo
NA (2003 est.)
Tokelau
NA%
Tonga
13.3% (1996 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago
10.4% (2004 est.)
Tunisia
13.8% (2004 est.)
Turkey
9.3% (plus underemployment of 4.0%) (2004 est.)
Turkmenistan
60% (2004 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands
10% (1997 est.)
Tuvalu
NA%
Uganda
NA (2002 est.)
Ukraine
3.5% officially registered; large number of unregistered or
underemployed workers; the International Labor Organization
calculates that Ukraine's real unemployment level is around 9-10
percent (2004 est.)
United Arab Emirates
2.4% (2001)
United Kingdom
4.8% (2004 est.)
United States
5.5% (2004 est.)
Uruguay
13% (2004 est.)
Uzbekistan
0.6% officially, plus another 20% underemployed (2004
est.)
Vanuatu
NA%
Venezuela
17.1% (2004 est.)
Vietnam
1.9% (2004 est.)
Virgin Islands
9.3% (2003 est.)
Wallis and Futuna
NA%
West Bank
27.2% (includes Gaza Strip) (2004 est.)
Western Sahara
NA
World
30% combined unemployment and underemployment in many
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